Helias phalaenoides
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Helias phalaenoides is a species of moth from the genus Helias. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helias phalaenoides sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Helias phalaenoides in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Helias phalaenoides sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Helias phalaenoides sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Helias phalaenoides that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Common Mylon (about 40%), Aspernatus Skipper (about 20%) and Southern Sicklewing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helias phalaenoides is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (17 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
